Flexible intramedullary nailing in pediatric lower limb fractures

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-509

  Salem, Khaled Hamed ^a,b   Lindemann, Isabel ^a   Keppler, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ESIN nails; Limb length discrepancy; Malalignment; Pediatric femoral fractures; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE NAILS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748669002     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000217733.31664.a1     Document Type: Article

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